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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: They are not entitled to use public money.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: The State is supporting CURA.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: I echo the points made by Senator Ross. I would like to think we were working hard with a good deal of legislation and plenty of time for it to be discussed, particularly the changes in the auctioneering field. In regard to a call yesterday and last week for a debate on the family, if it is appropriate and deemed necessary to discuss the family, that is fine, but it is odd that the...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: For a debate on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Finance and Mr. Eoin Ryan, MEP, to come to the House to discuss tax harmonisation, which is an issue that is gaining some momentum at EU level and needs to be discussed here? I have discussed the matter with Mr. Ryan, MEP, who has a great deal of knowledge about it. He is a member of a European Parliament committee examining tax harmonisation, which...

Seanad: Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Sep 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: I welcome the Bill as the beginning of the long-overdue restructuring of the VHI. One of the most pleasant and interesting points of discussion in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children during the previous Dáil was the health insurance market and the proposed changes to it. These changes are especially necessary given the competition that exists. The Minister and I did not...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: I welcome the Minister to the House. Earlier, Senator Twomey asked what she has achieved over the past three years. I am sure she would have liked to have done more, particularly with regard to issues such as the consultants' contracts. I was amused by the Senator's contribution, which implied it is the Minister's exclusive fault that the contract issue has not yet been resolved. Nobody...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: I doubt I am.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: It is important when we have good experiences that we recognise it is not all gloom and doom. On becoming a Senator, one is absolved from dealing with a geographic constituency. Our responsibility is to the entire nation and all the people who live in this country. We can and should be discussing what is good for all people in the country regardless of where they live, so I accept the...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: We must stop the practice of pandering to our local hospitals because it suits us. We have a national responsibility in this House——

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: ——to provide national services. We must remember that outcomes are the measurement for services.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: I wish to briefly address the issue of remaining within budget. Senator Buttimer asked how we can have a plan if it then has to be abandoned. It is precisely because one must remain within a budget that one can have a plan because what is the point in having a health service that does not keep to a budget? How can sustainability be maintained if the fundamental of a budget is not honoured?...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: Spending has increased in the region of 10% annually. We certainly rank highly in the international context of spending on health care.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: Ghandi said we must be part of the change we want ourselves. That includes all of us, public representatives as well as those working within the services. We must all be part of the change if we are to deliver better services. Let us not forget our responsibilities in that regard.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (13 Sep 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: We will come back.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (13 Sep 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: We have got off to a good start in that we are united in the nomination of Senator Moylan to the position of Cathaoirleach. I hope we will continue to work in this constructive manner. It bodes well for us if we do. On behalf of the Progressive Democrats and my colleague, Senator Cannon, it gives me great pleasure to jointly second the nomination of Senator Moylan to the position of...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (24 Apr 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: Question 422: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to establish a National Mental Health Service Directorate within the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14686/07]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (24 Apr 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: Question 423: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when will the National Mental Health Service Directorate be established. [14687/07]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (24 Apr 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: Question 992: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the frequency with which decisions of An Bord Pleanála are in opposition to their own inspectors, there are instances in which An Bord Pleanála is answerable to him. [14310/07]

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2007)

Fiona O'Malley: That makes one wonder what we are here for. I welcome the introduction of this Bill. In a society where drugs have emboldened thugs in a unprecedented way, our security forces must be empowered to be able to deal effectively to eliminate the gangland culture which is emerging in urban centres throughout the country. The lucrative trade of the sale and distribution of drugs underpins this...